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 Directory: TV & RADIO PRODUCTION
RADIO BROADCASTERS
:: BBC Radio Stoke
- the excellent BBC local community & music station,
reaching a third of the population of North Staffordshire every week.
:: Signal 1 FM - our commercial
music station.
:: Moorlands Radio - based in Leek, Staffordshire.
:: Cross Rhythms City Radio
- a community station for Stoke-on-Trent & Newcastle-under-Lyme, with a Christian ethos.
Broadcasting on 101.8FM. Employs 13 people and has 25 volunteers.
In 2005 they won a rare full-time 5-year broadcasting license.
:: UCB - professional
satellite & web-based Christian radio broadcaster, based in Stoke-on-Trent.
:: A new set of local digital stations,
run by TWG Emap Digital, were launched Summer 2004. BBC Radio Stoke
is also now available on the new DAB digital radios.
:: Focal Radio - a commercial DAB station launching in North Staffs in November 08.
:: Smart Radio.
TV BROADCASTERS
Stoke is in the BBC West Midlands region,
operating out of Birmingham.
Stoke is covered by ITV Local,
operating out of Nottingham and Birmingham.
BROADCAST EFFECTS, MUSIC, & IDENTS
:: SMA Studios -
a highly-experienced character-based animation studio, creating
work for commercials, TV, and features. Based in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
:: Steve England - based in Leek.
Radio station jingles, voice-overs and sound FX. See also:
s2Blue radio station branding.
:: All4One Music - provides production music for film, TV, video productions and websites.
:: Nick Balmforth - specialist in voiceovers.
:: Audio Graphix - radio jingle producers.
TRAINING
:: The University of Keele: Continuing
& Professional Education. Offers short courses in the local community, which includes
'Scriptwriting for Stage, Screen and Radio'.
:: Cross Rhythms Media Training Community.
:: Longton High - City Learning Centre, Stoke-on-Trent. They have... "a fully operational T.V studio",
and can provide Apple Mac training, and animation training.
See also: Screen West Midlands, the regional TV, film & video production
development agency.
LOCATIONS
:: Stallington Hall Farm
- a Tudor/Georgian film-shooting location in Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent.
The venue is also available for stills photography.
EXHIBITION
:: Stoke-on-Trent has the Film Theatre -
a 212-seat purpose-built art-house cinema. The cinema is
always fully open to the public; it's not limited just to
University students.
EDITING FACILITIES
(See also: Creative Stoke's Film listings)
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